Mountain Lakes

Boulder Mountain

Often referred to as the Boulders, Boulder Mountain is an 11,316 foot mountain and the highest timbered plateau in North America. It’s home to the Boulder Mountain Cinquefoil (Potentilla angelliae). This flower is native to the mountain and found nowhere else. Not only is it home to rare flowers, it is home to huge fish too.

The mountain was created by volcanic and glacial activity and as a result has some of the most fertile lakes in Utah. These lakes are best known for producing huge Brook Trout, with the state record being a 7 and a 1/2 pound monster! These lakes also produce big Grayling, Cutthroat Trout, Tiger Trout, Splake, and Rainbow Trout.

Access is difficult! A four wheel drive often is required just to reach the trail head to these lakes. The Quiet Fly Fisher guide service is a great way to explore the mountain safely and successfully while having a lot of fun exploring this beautiful area. We have fished it for over 20 years and would love to teach you it’s secrets.

Thousand Lake Mountain

While not as popular with fly fishing as Boulder Mountain, the lakes on Thousand Lake Mountain offer some incredible fishing opportunities. There are several small ponds and lakes on this mountain that time seems to have forgotten, many of which don’t even show up on maps, often stocked years ago by kids who carried them in an old milk canister or bucket to create their own secret fishing hole.

The fish found on this mountain are Tiger Trout, Splake, Cutthroat, Rainbow and Brook Trout.

Monroe Mountain

Manning Meadow Reservoir is used by the Utah DNR as a brood lake for Bonneville Cutthroat Trout. Fishing here begins the second Saturday in July and can provide some of the best dry fly action anywhere for big cutthroat. If that’s not enough for you there are also several other lakes managed with Rainbow Trout, Tiger Trout, and Brook Trout. There are also a few streams that flow of this mountain that provide good fishing for Cutthroat and Rainbows.

Fishlake / Fish Lake Mountain

This massive lake is best known for its large Lake Trout and Splake, although it provides great fishing all year long. We often target this lake in the fall or early spring; a day here would be targeting fish that come on to the gravel bars and small inlets to feed. This is a place our kids love because it usually means a hard fighting fish every other cast.

If Fish Lake is not your thing we also fish the nearby Lake Creek, Sevenmile Creek, UM Creek, and Fremont River drainages. These streams and the small reservoirs they feed have Brook Trout, Colorado Cutthroat, Tiger Trout, Rainbows and Browns; we also catch some impressive Tiger Muskie.